Classic Philosophical Movie Recommendations
# Gattaca
Année: 1997 | Pays: US
Réalisateur: Andrew Niccol
Distribution: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Alan Arkin, Loren Dean
Synopsis
Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.
# Lucy
Année: 2014 | Pays: France
Réalisateur: Luc Besson
Distribution: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Tutt
Synopsis
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
# Inception
Année: 2010 | Pays: United Kingdom, United States of America
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Synopsis
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inc
# Paprika
Année: 2006 | Pays: JP
Réalisateur: Satoshi Kon
Distribution: Megumi Hayashibara, Tohru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Toru Furuya, Akio Otsuka
Synopsis
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.
# 2001: A Space Odyssey
Année: 1968 | Pays: GB
Réalisateur: Stanley Kubrick
Distribution: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rain, Daniel Richter
Synopsis
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
# Being John Malkovich
Année: 1999 | Pays: United States of America
Réalisateur: Spike Jonze
Distribution: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Charlie Sheen, John Malkovich
Synopsis
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking
# The Wall
Année: 2017 | Pays: US
Réalisateur: Doug Liman
Distribution: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Cena, Laith Nakli
Synopsis
An American sniper and his spotter engage in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with an Iraqi sniper.
# Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Année: 2004 | Pays: United States of America
Réalisateur: Michel Gondry
Distribution: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood
Synopsis
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still
# Her
Année: 2013 | Pays: United States of America
Réalisateur: Spike Jonze
Distribution: Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara, Amy Adams, Olivia Wilde
Synopsis
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops b
# Fight Club
Année: 1999 | Pays: United States of America
Réalisateur: David Fincher
Distribution: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto, Helena Bonham Carter
Synopsis
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every
# The Man from Earth
Année: 2007 | Pays: US
Réalisateur: Richard Schenkman
Distribution: David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, John Billingsley, Ellen Crawford, Annika Peterson
Synopsis
A departing professor gathers his closest colleagues for an intimate farewell, but the night takes an unexpected turn when he shares a stunning secret about his past. As the conversation unfolds, skepticism and curiosity collide, challenging everything they thought they knew about history, science, and belief.
# Apocalypse Now
Année: 1979 | Pays: US
Réalisateur: Francis Ford Coppola
Distribution: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Albert Hall, Frederic Forrest, Laurence Fishburne
Synopsis
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
# Life of Pi
Année: 2012 | Pays: IN
Réalisateur: Ang Lee
Distribution: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Tandon, Gautam Belur, Adil Hussain
Synopsis
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
# The Matrix
Année: 1999 | Pays: United States of America
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Synopsis
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
# Blade Runner
Année: 1982 | Pays: US
Réalisateur: Ridley Scott
Distribution: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh
Synopsis
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
# The Truman Show
Année: 1998 | Pays: United States of America
Réalisateur: Peter Weir
Distribution: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Ed Harris
Synopsis
Truman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consu